Mechanical toy



-Aug. 9, 1927;

P. P. BARIE MECHANICAL TOY Filed Oct. 5 1925 amr n MA ATTORNEY ill) latented Aug. 9, 1927.

ran STATES PHILLIP 1?. BABE-E, OF PITTSBURGH, YENNSYLVANIA.

MECHANICAL. TOY.

Application filed October so, 1925. Serial No. 65,753.

My invention relates to a mechanical toy and important objects thereofare to provide a device of the type stated, in manner as hereinafterreferred to, which will operate to figuratively represent a plurality ofin dustrial activities, which is simple in its con} struction andarrangement, strong, durable, compact, entertaining and comparativelyinexpensive to manufacture.

W ith the foregoing and other objects'in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangementof parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention hereinafter disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing'from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a sideelevational view of a mechanical toy in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 a top plan view of the operating mechanism therefor.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the operating mechanism. 7

Referring in detail to the drawing 1 denotes a flat rectangular baseupon the. forward end of which is erected a representa tion of. apumping oil well structure; The latter comprises a derrick 2 and a walkbeam 3 suitably pivoted, as at 1, for oscillato'ry movement at the topof the stanoard 5. The latter has its lower end fixed to the base 1. Theforward end of the walking beam 3 is provided with a pivoted pumping rod6 which extends into the well mounted in the base '1 in the derrick 2.The rear end of the walking beam3 is pivoted to the connecting rod 8,which latter is pivotally connected at its lower end to the crank arm ofthe operating mechanism, to be described, to impart an oscillatorymovement to .the walking beam A power house 10, enclosing the operatingmecr anism, is mounted on the rear end of the base 1 and is providedwith a tower 11, vh'ich latter supports a wind mill 12positioned at theupper end thereof. v

A manikin sawyer 13 and a manikin chopper 14 are fixed to the base 1 infront of the power house 10. T he manikin sawyer 13 is positioned inrear of the inanikin chop per 14, and the former is provided with a saw15 operating on a log 16, and the latter is provided with an an 17operating on a log 18. The logs 16 and 18 are lined to the base 1 infront of respective manikins 13 and 1 1.

The log 18 is provided with a smah metal plate 19 disposed at the pointof contact with the ax 17, so when a blow is struck thereon by thelatter the same will be distinctly audible. During the operation of thetoy the sawing and chopping operation are accurately simulated by t-heresp'ective manikins 13 and 14; in a manner to be described.

'The Inanikin sawyer 13 is actuated bya horizontally extending operatingrod 20,

the outer end of which is pivoted in theshoulders of the s awyer I3 andfixed to the outer arm 21 of the latter, as indicated at 22. The arm 21is pivotally jointed at the Ill elbo'w as shown at 23, and the handthereof is fixed to the rear end of the saw 15. The

inner end of the operating rod 20 isformed w th vertically disposedrocker arm 24 and is journaled in the bearing bracket di posed withinthe power house 10.

The manikin chopper 1 1 is actuated by a horizontally extendingoperating rod 26,

the outer end of which'is pivoted in the shoulders. of the chopper 1 1,and the arms 27 of the latter are fixed to the rod 26 to shifttherewith. The rod 26 isfsuitably journaled in the bearing brackets 28and the inner end thereof is formed with an angularly' disposed.horizontally disposed arm 29. The forward end of the arms 27 or the handthereof is fixed to the ax 17.

The operating mechanism forhthe device is mounted on the basell and isenclosed by the power house 10. The operating mechanism consists of alarge driving gear 30 fixed on a. shaft 31 suitably journaled for gear37 are fixed on the shaft 38 at the top of the driving gear 30. The gear37 is in mesh with and driven by the driving gear 30, thereby rotatingthe shaft 38 and the pulley 36 fixed thereon. The windmill 12 is drivenby a belt 89 operating on the pulley 36 and on a pulley on the windmillsupport ing shaft.

The driving gear is provided on its inner side with a pair of fixeddiametrically disposed pins 10. The latter are positioned adjacent tothe periphery of the driving gear 30, and are adapted to engage the arm29 of the operating rod 26 to impart an intermittent operation to themanikin choppers ax 17. During the operation of the device the drivinggear 30 will rotate in the clockwise direction and during such rotationthe pins 40 will alternately engage the arm 29 whereby the ax 17 will beslowly elevated until the engaging pin 10, in its travel, passes andclears the arm 29. Upon release of the latter, in the manner described,the ax 17 will drop by gravity and audibly impact against the metalplate 19, on the log 18.

A gear 41 is suitably journaled at the rear of driving gear 30 and is inmesh with the latter. The connecting rod 42 has its forward endeccentrically pivoted, as at 43 to the gear 11 and its rear endpivotally connected, as at 35, to the upper end of the rocker arm 24:.The operation of the gear 41 will actuate the rocker arm 2 1 andassociated operating rod 20 to impart a reciprocating movement to thesaw 15.

In the operation of the device, as illustrated and described, thewalking beam 3 will make one upward and one downward oscillatorymovement during each revolution of the driving gear 30, and the manikinchopper 1% will strike two blows with his ax 17 during one revolution ofthe driving gear 30. By providing more than a pair of pins 40 the numberof such blows may be increased accordingly. The size of the gears 37 and41 relatively to the driving gear 31 will, of course, determine therespective speeds of the windmill 12 and of the reciprocating motion ofthe saw 15.

It will here be noted that the mechanical toy herein described andillustrated is merely illustrative of what is now thought to be Incombination, a mechanical toy comprising a'base, a motor provided with apinion and mounted on said base; a drive shaft journaled for rotation onsaid base; a driving gear lixed on said drive shaft and neshing withsaid pinion; a crank arm fixed to one end of said drive shaft; a derrickincluding a. walking beam supported on said case; a connecting rodpivotally connected with said crank arm and with said walking beam forimparting an. oscillatory movement to the latter; a small gear journaledfor rotation and disposed at the top of the driving gear and meshingwith the latter; a pulley fixed to said small ear to rotate therewith; atower supporting a wind mill and mounted on said base; said windmillprovided with a pulley; a belt operating on said first and lastmentioned pulleys tor imparting rotatory motion to said windmill; a pairof diametrically disposed, laterally extending pins fixed in saiddriving gear; a manikin chopper, including a jointed portion supportedon said base; a pivotally mounted operating rod connecting with saidmanikin chopper and engaging with said pair of pins for intermittentlyimparting an upward movement to the ointed portion 01? said mannikinchopper, and permitting of the downward movement of said jointed portionof the said mannikin chopper by gravity; a gear suitably journaled forrotation and meshing with the rear end of said driving gear; mannikinsawyer, including a jointed portion, supported on said base; a pivotallymounted operating rod connecting with said mannikin sawyer; and aconnecting rod eccentrically pivoted to said rearwardly disposed gearand pivotally connected with said last mentioned operating rod forimparting a reciprocating move ment to the said jointed portion of saidmannikin sawyer.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

PHILLIP P. BABIE.

